Enigmatic Eight Take Action for Burma


EIGHT Villiers High School teachers are ‘Free to Dance’! They are taking part in Dance Britain in conjunction with the charity LearnBurma.


On 22nd September 2012 the Enigmatic Eight will attempt to dance a half marathon to raise awareness and money to ensure that citizens in Burma have their human rights respected, and especially the right to an education.


Watch out next term for fundraising events and the chance to get involved and really make a difference.


Southall Black Sisters


ONCE AGAIN Villiers has teamed up with National Lottery funded Southall Black Sisters to deliver a series of lessons to students on the topic of violence towards women.


Southall Black Sisters has been working in collaboration with the school for the past two years, during which in the first year a number of focus groups were held in which students identified gender based bias which they said existed within the school at the time.


This year Southall Black Sisters has worked with the school to develop a series of three lessons to form part of the school’s Personal Development Curriculum (PDC).


Lesson 1: Students are introduced to the concept of ‘violence against women’ and learn that ‘violence’ does not necessarily mean physical violence alone.


Lesson 2: Students examine specific case studies of women local to Southall who have been supported by Southall


Black Sisters. Furthermore they explore the concept of ‘honour’; by reflecting on acts of violence committed against women in the name of honour. Students are asked to redefine the meaning and concept of ‘honour’ into one that ultimately empowers women.


Lesson 3: Examples of forced marriage are examined, where students develop empathy with those women and men who have been forced into these situations against their will; at the same time as learning to recognise the difference between forced and arranged marriage.


The future of the project...


Southall Black Sisters time working with the school has ended; however, throughout the journey an essential and rigorous evaluation process has taken place. Southall Black Sisters are currently analysing all data collected and will feed back to the school by September on the impact of the work undertaken.


This, along with recommendations of how we should move forward to ensure every student fully understands what gender equality is, and its place in modern society.


Ms Brown


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